Ccrcj/nn.] iivnK'oniiLiD.K • 2r)7 



towards apex, black witli_ the .apex yellowish testaceous or reddish, the 

 colour being very distinctly marked and continued along the margins to 

 base ; legs reddish, tarsi paler : the species may at once be distinguished 

 by the colour of the elytra. L. 2|-3 mm. . 



At roots of grass, in moss, &c., in damp and marshy places ; local, and not common ; 

 London district, Sheppy, &c. ; "Hastings ; Devonshire; Hcysham, near Lancaster; 

 Northumberland district; Scotland, rare. Lowlands, Tweed and Forth districts. 



C. flavipes, F. Oblong-oval, moderately convex, thickly punctiu'ed ; 

 head and thorax black, antennae and palpi dark ; elytra lighter or darker 

 reddish brown or reddish black, with the apex and more or less obsolete 

 markings on disc and towards base lighter, wilh rather fine punctured 

 stria3, interstices plainly punctured ; legs reddish, femora darker ; the 

 apex of the elytra is often prolonged into a sharp tooth which is dis- 

 tiiictly visible if the insect is viewed sideways, but this character is not 

 always constant, and perhaps is sexual. L. 2|-3 mm. 

 In dung, &c. ; common and widely distributed. 



C. lateralis, ^farsh. Very like the preceding in size and general 

 ai)pearance ; head black, shining; antennty and palpi red, club of former 

 darker ; thorax black 'with sides broadly and obscurely reddish ; elytra 

 reddish brown with the apex and other more or less obscure markings 

 lighter, or the ground is lighter with obscure darker markings ; strite 

 fine, punctured, interstices distinctly punctured : this species may easily 

 be distinguished from the preceding by the reddish sides of thorax and 

 lighter mouth organs. L. 2-3 mm. 



In dung; also by sweeping ; common and widely distributed. 



C. melanocephalus, L. Oblong-oval, convex, shining ; head and 

 thoi'ax black, antennae and palpi dark ; elytra with fine punctured stria?, 

 bright orange red with the scutellum and the region about it black in 

 the form of a distinct triangle ; there is also an elongate dark patch near 

 shoulders at margin ; interstices punctured ; legs reddish testaceous, 

 femora darker ; as hi C. JJaripr/^ the apex of elytra is often produced 

 into a tooth. L. 2-3 mm. 



In dung, &c. ; very common and widely distributed throughout the kingdom. 



C. unipunctatus, L. ()l)long-oval ; head black, shining, thickly 

 punctureil ; tlioiax black with the sides sharply yellowish ; elytra rather 

 depressed on disc, dorsal striie not distinctly punctured in middle, lateral 

 striiie reduced to rows of punctures, yellowish-testaceous with a large 

 dark common spot al)Out middle ; legs and sometimes {)art of the under- 

 side reddish yellow. L. 2 3 mm. 



In dung, &c. ; common and widely distributed. 



Occasionally the dark spot is m>ich smaller, and I'arrly it is (pn'te 

 obsolete. 



C. quisquiliiiB. L. OlMong-oval ; head black, sliining, thickly }ninc- 



